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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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Tom Gropple
Gordy Colson
475-1399
Col. Joe Hunt - 3rd Intor
703 696-3003
746-2927
Simon
Nov. 6, 1991
Draft 2 (VETDAY)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VETERANS DAY
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1991
11:20 A.M.
Secretary Derwinski. [other acknowledgements] On this
chilly autumn day, in this hallowed place of honor, we gather to
convey our Nation's gratitude for those who risked their lives
for the land, the people, and the ideals they loved.
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918,
the guns fell silent and the First World War drew to. an end.
Ever since, Americans have set aside November 11th to honor our
veterans whose footsteps set the pace of freedom's march. From
our fiery birth in 1776 to freedom's latest triumph in the
Persian Gulf, America's veterans have always answered the call
and given their all whenever tyrants and despots imperiled
freedom and democracy.
They called World War I "the war to end all wars," but that
was not to be. The earth was engulfed a second time, and
Americans of my generation rose up again to defend their homeland
and liberate a continent. Still, freedom's work was not done.
When two small Asian countries were threatened with the slavery
called communism, another generation of Americans responded with
determination and vigor.
Today, on this Veterans Day, we owe a special debt to the
men and women of Desert Storm. They went proudly, willingly, on
a mission of high principle and noble purpose: to defeat
2
aggression and defend freedom. They freed a captive nation, and
set America free by renewing our faith in ourselves.
America holds a special place in history. We were the first
nation to throw off the yoke of tyranny and live in freedom. In
fighting to preserve our own democracy, we have sought to extend
the blessings of liberty throughout the world.
The ideals on which we founded this great nation now have
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taken root in new and fertile lands. In the Western Hemisphere,
Lation population Am'98
percent of the people now live in democracies. In Africa,
minus Haitit
ballot boxes overflow as one-man states collapse. Europeans east
and west unite in ways never thought possible. Age-old enemies
Cuba
of the Middle East finally sit face-to-face to seek an end to
their bitter strife. The former Soviet Union strives to throw
off the dead hand of communism. And those last few totalitarian
states limp off history's stage toward an unmarked grave.
The United States will always be a force for peace in the
world. But the peace we seek is a real peace: the triumph of
freedom and prosperity -- not merely the absence of war. We can
never know which war will be the last. But we take as our hope
Isuiah
the prophesy of Isaiah: that "nation shall not lift sword
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against nation; neither shall they learn war anymore."
Yes, we hope, we pray, that as the years progress, the
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concept of war will recede into our distant memory. But the
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memory of our veterans -- and their sacrifice -- will never fade.
President Coolidge said long ago, "The nation which forgets
its defenders will itself be forgotten. " We will not forget.
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America will not forget. We will not forget those who died, and
we will not forget those who do the hard work of freedom every
day.
A year from now, a hundred years from now, citizens will
come to this place on November 11th to remember. Yet we cannot
confine our obligation to a single day. We must always remember
the importance of preparedness and the high cost of liberty.
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For more than fifty years, 24 hours a day, a lone sentinel
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has kept a silent vigil aside the Tomb of the Unknowns.
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Recently, one of the outstanding men who guard the Tomb was asked
what it is like here at night -- alone -- in the quiet of this
place. He said he felt a kinship to the men resting here -- that
this was where he wanted to be -- here to honor his comrades and
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all they represent. "Sometimes," " this young PFC said, "the rain
with Bob
streaks in your eyes, or your fingers go numb from the cold. But
then I think about what they suffered through, and after that, my
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duty doesn't seem hard at all."
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To the men and women of our Armed Forces, and to all our
veterans: know that you have your country's gratitude, on
Veterans Day -- and every day of the year.
May God bless America, and the veterans who keep her free.
# # #
Simon
Nov. 4, 1991
Draft 1
(VETDAY)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VETERANS DAY
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1991
11:20 A.M.
Secretary Derwinski. [other acknowledgements] On this
chilly autumn day, in this hallowed place of honor, we gather to
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convey in some-small way our Nation's gratitude for her veterans.
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918,
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people and
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fiery birth in 1776 to freedom's latest triumph in the Persian
Gulf, America's veterans have always answered the call and given
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their all whenever freedom was threatened or democracy imperited.
They called World War I "the war to end all wars," but that
was not to be. The earth was engulfed a second time, and
Americans of my generation rose up again to defend their homeland
and liberate a continent. Still, freedom's work was not yet
done. When two small Asian countries were threatened with the
slavery of the state called communism, another generation of
Americans responded with determination and vigor.
Today, on this Veterans Day, we owe a special debt to the
men and women of Desert Storm. They went proudly, willingly, on
a mission of high principle and noble purpose: to defeat
aggression and defend freedom. They freed a captive nation, and
set America free by renewing our faith in ourselves.
2
America holds a special place in history. We were the first
nation to throw off the yoke of tyranny and live in freedom. In
fighting to preserve our own democracy, we have sought to extend
the blessings of liberty throughout the world.
new have taken
The ideals on which we founded this great nation are now
finding root in new and fertile lands. In the Western
Hemisphere, 98 percent of the people now live in democracies. In
Africa, ballot boxes overflow as one-man states collapse.
Europeans east and west unite in ways never thought possible.
Age-old enemies of the Middle East finally sit face-to-face to
seek an end to their bitter strife. The former Soviet Union
strives to throw off the dead hand of communism. And those last
few totalitarian states limp off history's stage toward an
unmarked grave.
The United States will always be a force for peace in the
world. But the peace we seek is a real peace: the triumph of
freedom/ merely the absence of war. We can never know
and prosperity
which war will be the last. But we take as our hope the prophesy
of Isaiah: that "nation shall not lift sword against nation;
neither shall they learn war anymore."
Yes, we hope, we pray, that as the years progress, the
concept of war will recede into our distant memory. But the
memory of our veterans -- and their sacrifice -- will never fade.
President Coolidge said long ago, "The nation which forgets
its defenders will itself be forgotten." We will not forget.
America will not forget. We will not forget those who died, and
3
we will not forget those who do the hard work of freedom every
day. 11
A year from now, a hundred years from now, citizens will
remember
come to this place on November 11th to echo this ritual of
we cannot contine
remembrance. Yet^our obligation cannot be confined to a single
day. It must be unceasing. We must always the importance of preparedness and
the high lost of liberty.
For more than fifty years, 24 hours a day, a lone sentinel
has kept a silent vigil aside the Tomb of the Unknowns.
Recently, one of the outstanding men who guard the Tomb was asked
what it is like here at night -- alone -- in the quiet of this
place. He said he felt a kinship to the men resting here -- that
nup here to his comrades
this was where he wanted to be, to honor their lives and all they
represent. "Sometimes," this young PFC said, "the rain streaks
in your eyes, or your fingers go numb from the cold. But then I
think about what they suffered through, and after that, my duty
doesn't seem hard at all."
There's a poem the honor guards learn that says it all:
"You are guarding the world's most precious gifts. You -- you
alone -- are the symbol of 250 million people who wish to show
their gratitude. And you will march through the rain, the snow,
and the heat to prove it."
To the men and women of our Armed Forces, and to all our
veterans: know that you have your country's gratitude, on
Veterans Day -- and every day of the year.
May God bless America, and the veterans who keep her free.
# # #
June 1, 1990
NEW-MAN TRAINING PACKET
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
703-746-2927
THIS PACKET CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU MUST COMMIT TO
EMORY DURING YOUR TRAINING PERIOD AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS.
DURING YOUR TRAINING YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO MEET MILESTONES ON
A
SCHEDULED BASIS. THESE REQUIREMENTS COVER NOT ONLY NEW-MAN
TRAINING KNOWLEDGE BUT ALSO INCLUDE MANUAL OF ARMS AND MARCHING
OVEMENTS THAT YOU MUST MASTER. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF UNIFORM
REP AND WEAR WILL ALSO BE TAUGHT AND PRACTICED.
YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO KNOW THE CONTENTS OF THIS PACKAGE WITHIN
THE FOURTH WORKDAY. A SENTINEL MUST KNOW HIS SPECIAL ORDERS BEFORE
GUARDING THE TOMB.
YOUR SUCCESS AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS IS UP TO YOU. THE AMOUNT
OF DEDICATION YOU APPLY TO THIS PERIOD WILL DECIDE IF YOU SUCCEED
OR FAIL. DURING THIS PERIOD, YOU WILL BE CHALLENGED TO MEET NEW
ND TOUGHER STANDARDS. THE MEN AND NCO'S OF THIS PLATOON WILL OFFER
ANY AND ALL ASSISTANCE TO HELP YOU SUCCEED. THE CHAIN OF COMMAND
IN HONOR GUARD COMPANY IS AT YOUR DISPOSAL. THE COMPANY COMMANDER
HAS A CONTINUOUS OPEN DOOR POLICY AND NO APPOINTMENT IS NEEDED.
YOU MUST INFORM THE SERGEANT OF THE GUARD OR YOUR RELIEF COMMANDER
THAT YOU PLAN TO SEE THE CO BUT YOU DO NOT NEED PERMISSION TO DO so.
THE XO OF THE COMPANY IS YOUR PLATOON LEADER AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE
TO YOU AND IS VERY CAPABLE OF SOLVING PROBLEMS.
5.
THE NCO SUPPORT CHANNEL OPERATES VERY WELL WHEN USED, THE CO AND
THE 1ST SERGEANT ARE AVAILABLE AS WELL AS THE SOG AND YOUR RELIEF
COMMANDER. PHONE NUMBERS WILL BE PROVIDED AND YOU CAN CONTACT
THEM WHEN NEEDED DURING OFF DAYS.
6.
GOOD LUCK AND WELCOME TO THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS.
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THE MISSION:
GUARD OF HONOR TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AND TRADITIONS
OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND THIS NATION WHILE KEEPING A CONSTANT
VIGIL AT THIS NATIONAL SHRINE. WHOSE SPECIAL DUTY IS TO PREVENT
ANY DESECRATION OR DISRESPECT DIRECTED TOWARD THE
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER.
GENERAL ORDERS
1. I WILL GUARD EVERYTHING WITHIN THE LIMITS OF MY POST AND QUIT
MY POST ONLY WHEN PROPERLY RELIEVED.
2. I WILL OBEY MY SPECIAL ORDERS AND PERFORM ALL MY DUTIES IN A
MILITARY MANNER.
3. I WILL REPORT VIOLATIONS OF MY SPECIAL ORDERS, EMERGENCIES, AND
ANYTHING NOT COVERED IN MY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COMMANDER OF THE RELIEF.
SPECIAL ORDERS
1. THE POST INCLUDES ALL THE AREA INSIDE THE CHAINS.
2. THE SENTINEL WILL PROTECT THE TOMB AND ALL OTHER U.S. GOVERNMENT
PROPERTY ON HIS POST FROM VANDALISM AND DESTRUCTION. HE WILL
USE ONLY THAT DEGREE OF FORCE NECESSARY, SHORT OF DEADLY FORCE,
TO PREVENT PHYSICAL DAMAGE. DEADLY FORCE WILL NOT BE APPLIED
SOLELY FOR THE PROTECTION OF PROPERTY.
3. WHEN AN OFFENDER HAS ACTUALLY DAMAGED THE TOMB OR HAS ATTEMPTED TO
DAMAGE THE TOMB, THE SENTINEL WILL MAKE EVERY REASONABLE EFFORT DETAIN
THE OFFENDER AND IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE COMMANDER OF THE RELIEF.
THE TOMB GUARD SENTINELS
MY DEDICATION TO THIS SACRED DUTY
IS TOTAL AND WHOLEHEARTED.
IN THE RESPONSIBILITY BESTOWED ON ME
NEVER WILL I FALTER
AND WITH DIGNITY AND PERSEVERANCE
MY STANDARD WILL REMAIN PERFECTION.
THROUGH THE YEARS OF DILIGENCE AND PRAISE
AND THE DISCOMFORT OF THE ALEMENTS
I WILL WALK MY TOUR IN HUMBLE REVERENCE
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TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
IT IS HE WHO COMMANDS THE RESPECT I PROTECT
HIS BRAVERY THAT MADE US SO PROUD.
SURROUNDED BY WELL MEANING CROWDS BY DAY
ALONE IN THE THOUGHTFUL PEACE OF NIGHT
THIS SOLDIER WILL IN HONORED GLORY REST
UNDER MY ETERNAL VIGILANCE.
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THE VIGIL
IN MEASURED STEPS HE MAKES HIS ROUNDS,
THE CLICK OF HEELS THE ONLY SOUNDS.
HE STANDS ERECT, SQ STRAIGHT AND TALL,
WITH PRIDE AND DEDICATION RESPONDS TO THE CALL.
WITH DEEP AFFECTION HIS VIGIL KEEPS,
OVER THOSE WHO FOREVER SLEEP.
HE RESPONDS NOT TO THE VISITOR'S STARE,
MAINTAINING HIS VIGIL AS IF IN SILENT PRAYER.
IN THE MORNING'S TWILIGHT HOURS,
HIS WATCH BECOMES LIKE CATHEDRAL TOWERS.
REACHING FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN ABOVE,
A LASTING TRIBUTE TO ONE MANS LOVE.
AS TIME AND SEASONS COME AND GO,
HIS VIGIL REMAINS FOR ALL TO KNOW.
THAT BENEATH THE SACRED ARLINGTON SOD,
LIES THREE BUDDIES KNOWN BUT TO GOD.
DEDICATED TO MY COUSIN STAFF SERGEANT JOHN GALLAGHER, U.S. ARMY
SPECIAL FORCES. KILLED IN ACTION JAN. 5, 1968 REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM,
AND TO THE MEN WHO GUARD THE TOMBS OF THE UNKNOWNS
J.R.
FIRST BADGE HOLDER: MSG WILLIAM E. DANIEL 7 FEB 1957 - JUNE '1960
FIRST BADGE AWARDED: 7 FEB 1958
TOMB SENTINELS THAT DIED IN VIETNAM:
SSG WILLIAM R. SPATES, Section 48 DIED 25 OCT 1965
VOLUNTEERED FOR VIETNAM. REQUESTED BURIAL CLOSE TO THE TOMB.
AND SGT MARVIN 1. FRANKLIN DIED 31 AUG 1967
FIRST PERSON BURIED IN ARLINGTON ESTATES: MARY ANN RANDOLPH, Section 45
FIRST MILITARY PERSON BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY:
PVT WILLIAM HENRY CHRISTMAN, Section 27, 13 MAY 1864
FIRST OFFICER BURIED IN ANC: CPT ALBERT H. PACKARD, Section 26, 17 MAY 1864
PRESIDENTS BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY:
PRESIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, Section 30
PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, Section 45
FIVE STAR OFFICERS AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY:
GENERAL HENRY "HAP" ARNOLD, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, Section 34
GENERAL OMAR NELSON BRADLEY, U.S. Army, Section 30
ADMIRAL WILLIAM F. HALSEY, Jr., U.S. Navy, Section 2
ADMIRAL WILLIAM D. LEAHY, U.S. Navy, Section 2
GENERAL GEORGE CATLETT MARSHALL, U.S. Army, Section 7
Only two Americans have attained a rank above 5 stars:
GENERAL OF THE ARMIES GEORGE WASHINGTON, Mount Vernon
GENERAL OF THE ARMIES JOHN J. "BLACK JACK" PERSHING, Section 34
MOST DECORATED SOLDIER OF WW I: THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
MOST DECORATED SOLDIER OF WW II: MAJOR AUDIE L. MURPHY, Section 46
WORLD WAR I INTERNMENT
DATE: 11 NOV 1921
DATES ON CRYPT: 1917-18
NEXT OF KIN: PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING
UNKNOWN SELECTED BY: SGT EDWARD F. YOUNGER SECTION 18 GRAVE 1918-B
RECIPIENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
THERE WERE FOUR UNKNOWN CANDIDATES FROM WORLD WAR I.
THE U.S.S OLYMPIA, A CRUISER, CARRIED THE UNKNOWN FROM EUROPE TO THE UNITED
STATES. THIS SHIP WAS ADMIRAL DEWEY'S FLAGSHIP AT THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY. THE
FLAG SHIP OF THE OLYMPIA WAS THE U.S.S. REUBEN JAMES WHICH WAS THE FIRST SHIP SUNK
IN WORLD WAR II. THE U.S.S. REUBEN JAMES WAS A DESTROYER.
SGT YOUNGER CIRCLED THE CASKETS THREE TIMES AND PLACED A SPRAY OF WHITE
ROSES ON THE THIRD CASKET FROM THE LEFT. HE THEN FACED THE CASKET, STOOD AT
ATTENTION, AND SALUTED. THIS TOOK PLACE AT CHALONS-SUR-MARNE, FRANCE.
CASKET INSCRIPTION: AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE GREAT WAR
DOUBLE INTERNMENT OF THE WORLD' WAR II AND KOREAN UNKNOWN
DATE: 30 MAY 1958
DATES ON CRYPTS: WORLD WAR II -- 1941-1945 KOREA -- 1950-1953
NEXT OF KIN:
PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER -- WORLD WAR II
VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON -- KOREAN WAR
KOREAN WAR UNKNOWN SELECTED BY: MSG NED LYLE, RECIPIENT OF THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
THERE WERE FOUR UNKNOWN CANDIDATES FROM THE KOREAN WAR.
THERE WERE NINETEEN UNKNOWN CANDIDATES FROM WORLD WAR II:
THIRTEEN FROM THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SIX FROM THE TRANS-PACIFIC
ONE CHOSEN FROM EACH THEATER
TRANS-ATLANTIC UNKNOWN SELECTED BY: MG EDWARD J. O'NEIL (LTG) SECTION 30
TRANS-PACIFIC UNKNOWN SELECTED BY: COL GLENN T. EAGLESTON
THE FINAL SELECTION OF THE WORLD WAR II UNKNOWN WAS MADE BY HOSPITALMAN FIRST
CLASS WILLIAM R. CHARRETTE, THE NAVY'S ONLY ACTIVE DUTY ENLISTED PERSON TO BE THE
RECIPIENT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR AT THAT TIME.
THE UNKNOWN NOT SELECTED WAS BURIED AT SEA.
THE UNKNOWN CANDIDATE FROM THE TRANS-PACIFIC THEATER WAS CARRIED
ON THE U.S.S BOSTON ALONG WITH THE KOREAN WAR UNKNOWN.
THE UNKNOWN CANDIDATE FROM THE TRANS-ATLANTIC THEATER WAS CARRIED
ON THE U.S.S BLANDY.
THE THREE UNKNOWNS WERE PLACED ONTO THE U.S.S CANBERRA OFF THE VIRGINIA
CAPES. IT WAS HERE THAT THE FINAL SELECTION OF THE WORLD WAR II UNKNOWN SOLDIER
WAS MADE.
THE KOREAN WAR UNKNOWN AND THE WORLD WAR II UNKNOWN WERE THEN PLACED ABOARD
THE U.S.S BLANDY WHERE THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO WASHINGTON D.C.
INTERNMENT OF THE VIETNAM WAR UNKNOWN
DATE: 28 MAY 1984
DATES ON CRYPT: 1958-1975
NEXT OF KIN: PRESIDENT RONALD W. REAGAN
UNKNOWN SELECTED BY: SGM ALLAN JAY KELLOGG JR., RECIPIENT OF THE
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
AFTER THE SELECTION AT A DOCKSIDE CEREMONY AT PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII THE
VIETNAM UNKNOWN WAS TRANSPORTED ABOARD THE U.S.S BREWTON.
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THE TOMB
ARCHITECT: LORIMER RICH SECTION 48
SCULPTOR: THOMAS HUDSON JONES
COST: $48,000.00
WEIGHT: SUB BASE 15 TONS . 4 PIECES
HEIGHT: FRONT: 10' 10 3/4"
BASE
16 TONS 1 PIECE
BACK: 8' 10 3/4"
DYE
36 TONS 1 PIECE
WIDTH AT BOTTOM: 8 FEET
CAP
12 TONS 1 PIECE
LENGTH AT BOTTOM: 13' 11"
TOTAL
79 TONS 7 PIECES
BUILT: 29 AUG 1931
CAPPED: 28 DEC 1931
COMPLETED/UNVEILED: 9 APR 1932
FIRST GUARD POSTED: 17 NOV 1925
FIRST MILITARY GUARD POSTED: 25 MAR 1926
FIRST 24 HOUR GUARD POSTED: MIDNIGHT 2 JUL 1937
THE OLD GUARD TOOK OVER THE RIGHT TO GUARD THE UNKNOWNS ON 6 APR 1948.
THE SIX WREATHS ON THE TOMB ARE INVERTED TO REPRESENT MOURNING.
THE SIX WREATHS REPRESENT THE SIX MAJOR BATTLE CAMPAIGNS OF WORLD WAR I:
CHATEAU-TERRIE
ARDENNE
OISIU-EISEU
MUSSE-ARGONNE
BELLEAUWOOD
SOMMES
THE THREE FIGURES ON THE FRONT OF THE TOMB REPRESENT PEACE, HOLDING A DOVE;
VICTORY, HOLDING A PALM BRANCH; AND VALOR, HOLDING A SWORD.
EACH WREATH CONTAINS 12 BERRIES AND 38 LEAVES, (TOTAL 72 BERRIES AND
228 LEAVES), PLUS 29 LEAVES ON THE PALM BRANCH FOR A TOTAL OF 257 LEAVES.
FLAWS INCLUDE A CHIPPED LEAF ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE R AND E IN HONORED
GLORY RUN TOGETHER, AND A NATURAL CRACK AROUND THE TOMB.
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LT
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MH 513
HS SET 29 MAR 91
JAMES M. LOVE
LT
IUSN
MH 514
HS SET 2 MAY 91
BARRY T. COOKE
LCDR
USN
MH 515
HS SET 15. MAY 91
JAMES F. CROCKFORD
AMS3
USN
MH 516
HS SET 15 JUL 91
MICHAEL S. SPEICHER
LCDR
USN
MH 517
HS SET 17 JUL 91
WILLIAM CRONIN
CAPT
USMC
MH 518
HS SET 12 SEP 91
DAVID A. WARNE
LT (jg) USN
MIL 519
JONATHAN R. EDWARDS
"CAPT
USMC
SECT 69 GR 1239 HST SET 19 MAR 91
BURIED 15 FEB 1991
PATRICK R. HURLEY
SGM
USA
SEC 62 GR 513 HS SET 9 APR "91 newly sodded
BURIED 28 FEB 1991
gentle
TROY L. GREGORY
LCPL
USMC
ISEC 60 "OR 7723 HS SET 8 APR 91 slope facing pent.
MCI Pent. city
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side by side
SUITLAND Alexandia
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vets of ww:
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PFC
USA
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PM ERECTED
Korea
Not my buill, but thine be done.
BURIED 7 MAR 1994
IS JUN 1991 VN
ROBERT ADAUGHERTY
PFC
USA
SEC 60 GR 7722 HS SET 8 APR 91
BURIED 8 MAR 1991
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1-3-59 3-1-91 1ST female contrat commonder
"In memory of my sweet sittle MAJ wife, USA whose
MARIE THERESE ROSSI
SEC 48 GR 9872
PM -ERECTED to fly battle writo
BURIED 11 MAR 1991
26- SEP 91
beauty sould only be outlived by my love for her,"
WILLIAM THOMAS BUTTS
ISFC
USA
SEC 60 GR 7721 HS SET 8 APR -91
BURIED 12 MAR 1991
JAMES REYES LANG
LCPL
USMC
SEC 60 GR 7720 HS SET dd APR +1
BURIED 12 MAR 1991
TOMMY DON BUTLER
SP4
USA
ISEC 60 GR 7719 HS SET 2 MAY 91
BURIED 19 MAR 1991
JOSEPH G. KIME, TII
CPT
USA
SEC 60 GR 7718 HS SET 2 MAY 91
BURIED 26 MAR 1991
11 in a row, grassy plan
KIP A. *POREMBA
USMC
SEC 1 "GIR 640-F PM ERECTED
Wash. COAL Mom. in niew
BURIED 28 MAR 1991
9 JUN 1991
PATRICK K. CONNOR
LT
USN
SEC so GRAVE 2717 HS SET 28 JUN, 91
BURIED 11 APRIL 1991
RICHARD P. SWANSON
AKC
USN
SEC SO GRAVE 7716
HS SET 14JUN91
(NOT KILLED IN GULF)
BURIED 12 APRIL 1991
WIFE -KIM
5-23-61
1-31-91
DIXON 1. WALTERS
CAPT
USAF
SEC 360 GRAVE 7715
HS SET 28 JUN 91
AC-130
SILVER STAR
BURIED 18 APRIL 1991
NAVARRE, FL
DAVID ALLEN COUTHIT
LTC
USA
SEC 60 GRAVE 7714
BURIED 10 MAY 1991 HS SET 10JUN91
SODDED
craithersburg
MD
THOMAS a IFFORD BLAND, JR
10-29-64-1-31-91
S/LVER SMAR
CPT
USAF
SEC: 60 CRAVE 7713 HS SET I4JUN91
BURIED 20 MAY 1991
OCT 31 '91 11:34
P.3/3
TDISINTERRED FR LONG ISLAND NC. NY & REINTERRED)
Jorge I. Arteaga
CPT
USAF
MH 512
HS SET 15FEB 91
TOTAL P.03
every 2 homes at night
still walk
Kin Sarith 696-9316
" Your are guarding the world's most precious sifts.
You, you alone, are the symbol of Zoon
people who wish to show
their grattitude.
and you will much them the
rain / the snow + the but
to prove it."
PFC sell 203 - 746 - 2927
on this chilly / warm antumn day, in this
hallowed place of hour, me gather to commy in some small way
our Nations gratitude for her veteras.
Simon
Nov. 4, 1991
Draft 1
(VETDAY)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: VETERANS DAY
ARLINGTON CEMETARY
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1991
11:15 A.M.
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918,
the guns fell silent and the First World War came to an end.
Ever since, Americans have set aside November 11th to honor our
veterans -- our heroes -- whose footsteps set the pace of
freedom's march. From the fiery birth of our nation to freedom's
latest triumph in the Persian Gulf, America's veterans have
always answered the call and given their all whenever freedom was
threatened or democracy imperiled.
They called World War I "the war to end all wars, but that
The earth was engalfed a Decord time, and americans
was not to be. Today, however, with communism defeated and
rose up again to Idefend and liberate a continent. still, freedon's
democracy sweeping the globe, our hope grows stronger that war
work was not yet done. when two small countries whe threatened with the
will vanish \ and a more civilized world, based on friendship,
slavery called communism, america responded once again.
cooperation, and a commitment to peace, will emerge.
a special debt
This Veterans Day, we owe particular gratitude to the men
and women veterans of Desert Storm. They went proudly,
willingly, on a mission of high principle and noble purpose: to
defeat aggression and defend freedom. In a far-away land, they
battled the enemy in the field -- and the inner enemy of fear.
a
Through their sacrifice, they put an end to brutal aggression.
They freed a captive nation, and set America free by renewing our
faith in ourselves.
over
america holds a special place in history. We
were the first nation to than off The yohe of tyramy
and goven ourselves then the rule
live in freedom. In fighting to preserve and own democracy
we have sought to extend the blessings of liberty throughout
the world. 3 In the Wester Herisphe, 98% of the people
now live in democracies.
nation
The ideals on which we founded This great tand are
now taking hold
in new and fertile lands.
finding root
d n africa, multi ballot boxes
overflow as one-man states collapse. Europe
writes in ways never thought possible In the
Middle East, age-old enemies such an end to their
bitter strife. The former Soriet Union stimes to thom of
those last few
the dead hand of communism and wherever totalitarium
still Angers states limp off to an Aistanjs Am grave.
history's stage ummarked grave.
We can never know which was will be the last.
But the hope growidg mean stronger that Ismiahs
prophesy will be fulfilled: that "nation shall not lift
sword against nation, neiths shall they learn was anyone."
The peace ^ we sech is real peace -1 not minely the absure
the Trungh of freedom -
of was.
yes are a peaceful nation. But
as the years go by, the of concept
Yes, we hope, we pray, that ^ was will recede into
and thin.
our distant memory. But the memory of our veterans will sacufic
never fade.
2
From the time Operation Desert Shield began, a sacred bond
grew between Americans here at home and those serving in the
Gulf. Think of all those yellow ribbons. Think of how the
American family has never been more united. That bond, that
unity, and that love must be preserved.
President Coolidge said long ago, "The nation which forgets
we will not forget.
its defenders will itself be forgotten." No Commander in Chief
forgets the sacrifices of America' veterans. Nor will America will not
we will not forget those who died, and we will at forget
forget ^ those who do the hard work of freedom evey! it day.
To the men and women of our Armed Forces, and to all our
veterans: know that you have your country's gratitude, on
Veterans Day -- and every day of the year.
May God bless America, and the veterans who keep her free.
# # #
61 syem from, now a hundred years from now citizens will come
here on Velana Nov. 11 to repeat this nitual of remembrance
Om gaatitude cannot be confined to a single day of the year.
For openore than fifty years, day and night, through summer
and winter, a love sentry has kept a silet vigil asidfe
the tomb of The Unhmans behind me.
600
"Learn to Do Good"
overthrown by
they shall be as white as snow;
The LORD'S Judgment
601
ISAIAH 2
though they are red like crimson,
and his work a spark,
they bow down to the work of
Zion is left
they shall become like wool.
and both of them shall burn together,
their hands,
ineyard,
19 If you are willing and obedient,
with none to quench them.
to what their own fingers have
umber field,
you shall eat the good of the land;
made.
20 But if you refuse and rebel,
2
The word which I-sai'ah the son
9 So man is humbled,
you shall be devoured by the
of A'moz saw concerning Judah
and men are brought low-
sword;
and Jerusalem.
forgive them not!
ew survivors,
for the mouth of the LORD has
2 It shall come to pass in the latter
10 Enter into the rock,
I like Sod'òm,
spoken."
days
and hide in the dust
ò-môr'ràh.
that the mountain of the house of
from before the terror of the LORD,
21 How the faithful city
the LORD
and from the glory of his majesty.
LORD,
has become a harlot,
shall be established as the highest
11 The haughty looks of man shall be
m!
she that was full of justice!
of the mountains,
brought low,
ng of our God,
Righteousness lodged in her,
and shall be raised above the hills;
and the pride of men shall be
or'ràh!
but now murderers.
and all the nations shall flow to it,
humbled;
22 Your silver has become dross,
3
multitude
of
and many peoples shall come, and
and the LORD alone will be exalted
your wine mixed with water.
say:
in that day.
23 Your princes are rebels
"Come, let us go up to the moun-
urnt offerings
and companions of thieves.
tain of the LORD,
12 For the LORD of hosts has a day
Every one loves a bribe
to the house of the God of Jacob;
against all that is proud and lofty,
beasts;
and runs after gifts.
that he may teach us his ways
against all that is lifted up and
blood of bulls,
They do not defend the fatherless,
and that we may walk in his
high;b
e-goats.
and the widow's cause does not
paths.'
13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,
come to them.
For out of Zion shall go forth the
lofty and lifted up;
law,
appear before
and against all the oaks of 'shàn;
24 Therefore the Lord says,
and the word of the LORD from
14 against all the high mountains,
1
the LORD of hosts,
Jerusalem.
and against all the lofty hills;
y courts?
the Mighty One of Israel:
4 He shall judge between the nations,
15 against every high tower,
"Ah, I will vent my wrath on my
and shall decide for many peoples;
fferings;
and against every fortified wall;
enemies,
and they shall beat their swords into
nation to me.
16 against all the ships of Tär'shish,
ath and the
and avenge myself on my foes.
plowshares,
and against all the beautiful craft.
25 I will turn my hand against you
and their spears into pruning
lies—
17 And the haughtiness of man shall
and will smelt away your dross as
hooks;
iniquity and
be humbled,
with lye
nation shall not lift up sword against
and the pride of men shall be
nd your ap-
and remove all your alloy.
nation,
brought low;
26 And I will restore your judges as at
neither shall they learn war any
and the LORD alone will be ex-
the first,
more.
alted in that day.
ourden to me,
and your counselors as at the
18 And the idols shall utterly pass
beginning.
5 o house of Jacob,
away.
ing them.
Afterward you shall be called the
come, let us walk
19 And men shall enter the caves of
h your hands,
from you;
city of righteousness,
in the light of the LORD.
the rocks
the faithful city."
and the holes of the ground,
make many
6 For thou hast rejected thy people,
from before the terror of the LORD,
27 Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
the house of Jacob,
and from the glory of his majesty,
of blood.
and those in her who repent, by
because they are full of diviners
when he rises to terrify the earth.
from the east
ke yourselves
righteousness.
28 But rebels and sinners shall be de-
and of soothsayers like the Phi-
20 In that day men will cast forth
listines,
their idols of silver and their idols
our doings
stroyed together,
and those who forsake the LORD
and they strike hands with for-
of gold,
S;
shall be consumed.
eigners.
which they made for themselves to
9 Their land is filled with silver and
29 For you shall be ashamed of the
worship,
oaks
gold,
to the moles and to the bats,
and there is no end to their treas-
21 to enter the caverns of the rocks
in which you delighted;
and you shall blush for the gardens
ures;
and the clefts of the cliffs,
which you have chosen.
their land is filled with horses,
from before the terror of the LORD,
and there is no end to their
30 For you shall be like an oak
and from the glory of his majesty,
chariots.
son together,
whose leaf withers,
when he rises to terrify the earth.
8 Their land is filled with idols;
and like a garden without water.
22 Turn away from man
ike scarlet,
31 And the strong shall become tow,
a Cn: Heb lacks of diviners
b Cn Compare Gk: Heb low
2.2-4: Mic 4.1-3,
Ref
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WHRC
TREASURY
OF
PRESIDENTIAL
QUOTATIONS
Compiled and edited by
CAROLINE THOMAS HARNSBERGER
FOLLETT PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO
1964
VETO POWER 325
'epend upon unanimity. We have
Valor 1. Valor is self-respecting. Valor is circumspect. Valor strikes
bast, we can derive from those
only when it is right to strike.
i, wisdom, not despair. Both as
WOODROW WILSON
can unite upon a program which
constructive.
Address at a gridiron dinner, Feb. 26, 1916; Life, VI, 118
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
See also Bravery
17, 1963; Chicago Daily News,
Vanity
Nov. 27, 1963
1. Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly;
and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an
ignis fatuus chase by it.
he) 4, Goals 3, Government 4,
JOHN ADAMS
War 65
Diary, May 3, 1756; Works, II, 16
his country is a thing to be de-
2. They say I am vain. Thank God I am so. Vanity is the cordial
drop which makes the bitter cup of life go down.
What is not
opinion.
vanity is sure to be vexation.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
JOHN ADAMS
1794; Writings (Fitzpatrick),
1822; Figures, p. 68
XI, 1
3. Upon each recurrence of my birthday I am solemnly im-
on and Monroe, on your noble
pressed with the vanity & emptiness of worldly honors and worldly
sity [University of Virginia]
enjoyments, and of the wisdom of preparing for a future estate.
e world will expect something
JAMES K. POLK
ontains anything quite original,
Nov. 1, 1848; Diary (Quaife), IV, 177
dices are too deeply rooted to
be accepted at first. It will not
Veterans 1. The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
utations to support it.
CALVIN COOLIDGE
JOHN ADAMS
Acceptance of Nomination for Presidency, Cleveland, Ohio,
1817; Writings (of Jefferson),
July 27, 1920
XV, 123
See also Gettysburg, Gratitude 1, Square Deal 1, War 47
ef object of education was to
Veto Power
1. The power of the Executive veto was exercised by five of my
uch as a literature whenever it
predecessors
in the administration of the Government, and it
otes was an expression of the
is believed in no instance prejudicially to the public interests.
on into education was to feel
JAMES K. POLK
eaten from age to age through
enetrated to the secrets of the
Fourth Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 5, 1848; Messages
and Papers, p. 2519
WOODROW WILSON
2. The veto power
was established to enable the people to
c. 21, 1918; Selections, p. 178
resist and repel encroachments on their rights. It had its origin in
old Rome
and before Christ 497
which would make,
ssertion of President Garfield
since its origin, 2345 years.
nd of a log with a student on
Washington and Jefferson (who never exercised the power
sity. He did not particularize
while President)
were in favor of the veto-power, as estab-
il to provide that the head of
lished in the Constitution.
kins. Only a trained and tried
James Madison
"the great Apostle of Liberty," exercised
or the head of a seat of learn-
this power six times during his eight years' administration.
me of a university.
Mr. Monroe
a war-hating and peace-loving man
ven-
CALVIN COOLIDGE
tured to exercise this power once.
:C. 21, 1922; Freedom, p. 211
By Andrew Jackson
it was exercised nine times, and the
people said, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
John Tyler exercised this power four times
and his is the
edge, Libraries 3
only instance in which a law was passed over a veto.
WREATH-LAYING \ ARLINGTON CEMETERY
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1991 \ 10 A.M.
WE MEET TODAY TO REMEMBER THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES TO THEIR NATION / AND TO THE IDEAL OF
FREEDOM / DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM.
ALL ACROSS OUR LAND, PEOPLE CELEBRATE OUR VICTORY
IN THAT WAR. THERE'S A NEW AND WONDERFUL FEELING IN
AMERICA. TROOPS MARCH, CROWDS CHEER, STREAMERS FILL
THE AIR. LATER TODAY, CROWDS WILL GATHER TO WATCH
TROOPS MARCH TRIUMPHANTLY FROM WASHINGTON TO THE
PENTAGON IN A GRAND PARADE.
HI
11
- 2 -
BUT WAR ALSO DESERVES QUIET, SOBER REMEMBRANCE.
HERE IN THIS QUIET PLACE WE CAN OFFER HUMBLE HOMAGE TO
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LAST SUMMER ANSWERED THEIR COUNTRY'S
CALL -- AND NEVER RETURNED.
I ADMIRE THIS PLACE: THIS HILL SLOPING GENTLY
TOWARD THE PoToMac; THE GRASSES AND TREES. HERE YOU
FIND NO HYPE. HERE YOU HEAR NO SHOUTS AND SCREAMS.
- 3 -
HERE, TREES RUSTLE AND BIRDS SING. HERE, WE CAN PAUSE
TO REMEMBER, TO SIGH, TO FIGHT THE UNTREATABLE ACHE OF
LOSS, TO WHISPER SILENTLY TO THOSE WHO CANNOT WHISPER
BACK.
WE CONFRONT MYSTERIES HERE. WE CELEBRATE THE FACT
THAT EACH PERSON WE COMMEMORATE TODAY GAVE UP LIFE FOR
PRINCIPLES LARGER THAN EACH OF US -- PRINCIPLES THAT AT
THE SAME TIME FORM THE MUSCLE AND SINEW OF OUR NATIONAL
HEART.
- 4 -
DWIGHT EISENHOWER ONCE SPOKE OF THE "MOST ENNOBLING
VIRTUES OF MAN -- FAITH, COURAGE, FORTITUDE,
SACRIFICE." HE KNEW THAT AMERICA GREW OUT OF BRAVE
MEN'S DREAMS OF A COMMONWEALTH OF FREEDOM -- OF VIRTUE.
HE KNEW THAT AMERICA ENDURES BECAUSE IT DARES TO DEFEND
THAT DREAM. //
THAT DREAM LINKS THE FIELDS OF FLANDERS AND THE
RUGGED CLIFFS OF NORMANDY. KOREA'S SNOW-COVERED
UPLANDS AND THE RICE PADDIES OF MEKONG. //
- 5 -
IT HAS LIVED IN THE LAST YEAR ON BARREN DESERT FLATS;
ON SEA-TOSSED SHIPS; IN JETS STREAKING MILES ABOVE
HOSTILE TERRAIN. IT LIVES BECAUSE WE DARED RISK OUR
MOST PRECIOUS ASSET: OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS / OUR
BROTHERS AND SISTERS / OUR HUSBANDS AND WIVES -- THE
FINEST SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES, COAST
GUARDSMEN, AND MERCHANT MARINES THAT ANY NATION EVERY
HAS KNOWN. //
- 6 -
THE HEROES OF OPERATION DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT
STORM CAME FROM THE TENEMENTS OF NEW YORK / THE TOWNS
OF MISSISSIPPI / THE PLAINS OF AMERICA'S GIANT,
SPRAWLING CHECKERBOARD. THEY WERE RURAL AND URBAN,
NATIVE-BORN AND FOREIGN-BORN, BLACK AND WHITE AND RED
AND BROWN, PRIVILEGED AND THE POOR. // THEY WERE OUR
VERY BEST.
FAR AWAY, THEY BATTLED THE INNER ENEMY OF FEAR AND
WON. THEN THEY SET AN EMBATTLED NATION FREE.
- 7 -
THEY WENT TO THE GULF NOT BECAUSE IT WAS THE EXPEDIENT
WAY BUT BECAUSE IT WAS THE AMERICAN WAY. / THROUGH
THEIR SACRIFICE, THEY RENEWED OUR FAITH IN OURSELVES./ /
FROM THE TIME OPERATION DESERT SHIELD BEGAN, A
SACRED BOND GREW BETWEEN AMERICANS HERE AT HOME AND
THOSE SERVING IN THE GULF. / THINK OF THE YELLOW
RIBBONS THAT JOINED THIS NATION'S HANDS, AND SOULS.
- 8 -
THINK OF HOW THE AMERICAN FAMILY HAS PERHAPS NEVER BEEN
MORE UNITED. // WE PRAYED -- oH, HOW WE PRAYED -- FOR
THE HEROES OF THE GULF -- AND FOR THE UNSUNG HEROES --
THE MILITARY FAMILIES. THERE HAVE BEEN NO PARADES FOR
THEM, NOR WILL THEY BE IMMORTALIZED IN STATUES AND
MONUMENTS. YET IN LITTLE KINDNESSES AND DEEDS, THEY
REACHED OUT TO EACH OTHER -- NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR;
OFTEN, STRANGER TO STRANGER. THEY GAVE LOVE WITHOUT
STRINGS. THEY GAVE BROTHERHOOD. //
- 9 -
EACH OF YOU HELPED MAKE THE PERSIAN GULF WAR AN
HISTORIC WAR. SPOUSES, CHILDREN, PARENTS, FRIENDS --
ALL SHOWING HOW, AS WOODROW WILSON SAID, WAR IS A
"DRAMATIC SYMBOL OF A THOUSAND FORMS OF DUTY." THE
ENEMIES OF PEACE, THE BRUTAL AGGRESSORS, COULD NOT
MATCH THE COMBINED PRAYERS OF 250 MILLION AMERICANS --
AND THE COLLECTIVE COURAGE OF HALF A MILLION TROOPS WHO
KNEW THAT AGGRESSION MUST NOT STAND. //
- 10 -
TODAY, WE COMMEMORATE NOT ONLY HISTORY BUT
SACRIFICE AND BRAVERY. / So LET ME CLOSE WITH A STORY
OF HOW A WOMAN, DEBBY WYATT, RETURNED FROM NAVAL DUTY
IN THE GULF. As HER THREE YOUNG CHILDREN LEAPT INTO
HER ARMS, CRYING AND HUGGING, A REPORTER ASKED IF SHE'D
DO IT AGAIN. // SHE REPLIED, SIMPLY -- I'D GO BACK
TOMORROW IF MY COUNTRY CALLED. //
I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE CAN FAIL TO TREMBLE -- IN
JOY, ADMIRATION AND AWE -- UPON HEARING HER REPLY.
- 11 -
ANSWERING THE CALL MADE AMERICA FREE, AND ANSWERING THE
CALL HAS KEPT US FREE. TODAY, WE HOPE THAT THIS TIME
WAS THE LAST TIME -- BUT STAND PREPARED TO RESPOND
AGAIN SHOULD THERE EVER BE A NEXT TIME. // OUR GOAL IS
REAL PEACE -- THE TRIUMPH OF FREEDOM, NOT MERELY THE
ABSENCE OF WAR. OUR MEANS IS THE COURAGE, AND
CHARACTER, OF A PEOPLE CALLED AMERICANS./
- 12 -
LET US REMEMBER THE HEROES OF THE GULF -- THOSE
WITH US; THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES -- so THAT MANKIND
WILL SAY: JUST AS THEY HONORED AMERICA, WE HONORED
THEM WITH THE LIVES WE LEAD. // GOD BLESS THEM / AND
MAY GOD BLESS OUR NATION.
# # #
I have sum mm
Co- in C
a was we did not
seeh but could not refuse
VETERANS DAY \ ARLINGTON CEMETERY
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1991 \ 11:45 A.M.
THANK YOU, SECRETARY DERWINSKI. SECRETARY GARRETT;
GEN. POWELL AND MEMBERS OF THE JOINT CHIEFS; GEN.
STREETER; MR. McCoy; FELLOW VETERANS AND CITIZENS: ON
THIS CHILLY AUTUMN DAY, IN THIS HALLOWED PLACE OF
HONOR, WE GATHER To CONVEY OUR NATION'S GRATITUDE FOR
THOSE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES FOR THE LAND, THE PEOPLE,
AND THE IDEALS THEY LOVED.
- 2 -
AT THE 11TH HOUR OF THE 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH
OF 1918, THE GUNS FELL SILENT AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
DREW TO AN END. EVER SINCE, AMERICANS HAVE SET ASIDE
NOVEMBER 11TH TO HONOR OUR VETERANS WHOSE FOOTSTEPS SET
THE PACE OF FREEDOM'S MARCH. FROM OUR FIERY BIRTH IN
1776 TO FREEDOM'S LATEST TRIUMPH IN THE PERSIAN GULF,
AMERICA'S VETERANS HAVE ALWAYS ANSWERED THE CALL AND
GIVEN THEIR ALL WHENEVER TYRANTS AND DESPOTS IMPERILED
FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY.
- 3 -
THEY CALLED WORLD WAR I "THE WAR TO END ALL WARS,"
BUT THAT WAS NOT TO BE. THE EARTH WAS ENGULFED A
SECOND TIME, AND AMERICANS OF MY GENERATION ROSE UP
AGAIN TO DEFEND THEIR HOMELAND AND LIBERATE TWO
CONTINENTS. FIFTY YEARS LATER, THE MEMORIAL TO WORLD
WAR II VETERANS IS ALL AROUND US: AN AMERICA STRONG
AND PROUD, HER PROUD EXAMPLE LIGHTING THE WAY TO
LIBERTY.
- 4 -
YET EVEN WITH THAT WAR'S END, FREEDOM'S WORK WAS
NOT COMPLETE. FIRST IN KOREA, THEN IN VIETNAM, TWO
MORE GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS RESPONDED WITH
DETERMINATION AND VIGOR.
TODAY, ON THIS VETERANS DAY, WE OWE A SPECIAL DEBT
TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF DESERT STORM. THEY WENT
PROUDLY, WILLINGLY, ON A MISSION OF HIGH PRINCIPLE AND
NOBLE PURPOSE: TO DEFEAT AGGRESSION AND DEFEND
FREEDOM.
- 5 -
THEY FREED A CAPTIVE NATION, AND SET AMERICA FREE BY
RENEWING OUR FAITH IN OURSELVES. 11
AMERICA HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HISTORY. WE WERE
THE FIRST NATION TO THROW OFF THE YOKE OF TYRANNY AND
BUILD A FREE AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. As WE HAVE
PRESERVED AND STRENGTHENED OUR OWN DEMOCRACY, WE HAVE
SOUGHT TO EXTEND THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD.
- 6 -
THE IDEALS ON WHICH THIS GREAT NATION WAS FOUNDED
HAVE TAKEN ROOT IN NEW AND FERTILE LANDS. IN THE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE, 98 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE NOW LIVE
IN DEMOCRACIES. IN AFRICA, PEOPLE LINE UP To VOTE AS
ONE-MAN STATES COLLAPSE. EUROPEANS EAST AND WEST UNITE
IN WAYS NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. AGE-OLD ENEMIES OF THE
MIDDLE EAST FINALLY SIT FACE-TO-FACE TO SEEK AN END TO
THEIR BITTER STRIFE. THE SOVIET UNION STRIVES TO THROW
OFF THE DEAD HAND OF COMMUNISM.
- 7 -
AND THE TIME IS COMING WHEN THOSE LAST FEW TOTALITARIAN
STATES WILL FADE INTO HISTORICAL OBLIVION.
THE UNITED STATES WILL ALWAYS BE A FORCE FOR PEACE
IN THE WORLD. BUT THE PEACE WE SEEK IS A REAL PEACE:
THE TRIUMPH OF FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY -- NOT MERELY THE
ABSENCE OF WAR. WE CAN NEVER KNOW WHICH WAR WILL BE
THE LAST. BUT WE TAKE AS OUR HOPE THE PROPHESY OF
ISAIAH: THAT "NATION SHALL NOT LIFT SWORD AGAINST
NATION; \ NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANYMORE."
- 8 -
YES, WE HOPE, WE PRAY, THAT AS THE YEARS PROGRESS,
THE FACE OF WAR WILL RECEDE INTO OUR DISTANT MEMORY.
BUT THE MEMORY OF OUR VETERANS -- AND THEIR SACRIFICE
-- WILL NEVER FADE.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE SAID LONG AGO, "THE NATION WHICH
FORGETS ITS DEFENDERS WILL ITSELF BE FORGOTTEN." WE
WILL NOT FORGET. \ AMERICA WILL NOT FORGET. WE WILL
NOT FORGET THOSE WHO DIED, AND WE WILL NOT FORGET THOSE
WHO DO THE HARD WORK OF FREEDOM EVERY DAY. 11
- 9 -
A YEAR FROM NOW, A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, CITIZENS
WILL COME HERE ON NOVEMBER 11TH TO REMEMBER. YET WE
CANNOT CONFINE OUR OBLIGATION TO A SINGLE DAY. WE MUST
ALWAYS REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPAREDNESS AND THE
HIGH COST OF LIBERTY.
FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS, 24 HOURS A DAY, A LONE
SENTINEL HAS KEPT A SILENT VIGIL ASIDE THE ToMB OF THE
UNKNOWNS.
- 10 -
RECENTLY, ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING MEN WHO GUARD THE ToMB
WAS ASKED WHAT IT IS LIKE HERE AT NIGHT -- ALONE -- IN
THE QUIET OF THIS PLACE. HE SAID HE FELT A KINSHIP TO
THE MEN RESTING HERE -- THAT THIS WAS WHERE HE WANTED
TO BE -- HERE TO HONOR HIS COMRADES AND ALL THEY
REPRESENT. "SOMETIMES," THIS YOUNG PFC SAID, "THE RAIN
STREAKS IN YOUR EYES, OR YOUR FINGERS GO NUMB FROM THE
COLD. BUT THEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY SUFFERED
THROUGH, AND AFTER THAT, MY DUTY DOESN'T SEEM HARD AT
ALL."
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THERE'S A POEM THE HONOR GUARDS LEARN THAT SAYS IT
ALL: "You ARE GUARDING THE WORLD'S MOST PRECIOUS
GIFTS. You -- YOU ALONE -- ARE THE SYMBOL OF 250
MILLION PEOPLE WHO WISH TO SHOW THEIR GRATITUDE. AND
YOU WILL MARCH THROUGH THE RAIN, THE SNOW, AND THE HEAT
TO PROVE IT."
To THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR ARMED FORCES, AND TO
ALL OUR VETERANS: KNOW THAT YOU HAVE YOUR COUNTRY'S
GRATITUDE, ON VETERANS DAY -- AND EVERY DAY OF THE
YEAR.
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MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND THE VETERANS WHO KEEP
HER FREE.
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